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Published 10 Nov 2021, 10:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Resource Efficient Supply and Manufacturing Environment (RESuME) “Industrial Internet of Things” (IIoT)

Official notice

Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiationSME suitable
Published estimate£480,000exc. VAT7.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 10 Dec 2021awarded 2 Mar 2022
Awarded to Booth Welsh Automation Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University seek bids from suppliers able to achieve seamless ISA-95 compliant digital connectivity

for seventy-three (73) machines located in the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC).

The University require a single supplier to provide a solution which covers real-time data acquisition from machines and equipment(directly, via gateways and/or external sensors), data integration and synchronisation using a Message Bus system as well as data visualisation on live dashboards.

This IIoT tender consists of three overarching components as described below, namely:

  • Component 1: Power consumption and status (on/off/idle) monitoring for all machines and equipment located in the AFRC (73 machines)
  • Component 2: Real-time data acquisition from machinery and equipment with communication means located in the AFRC (48 machines)
  • Component 3 : Data integration, synchronisation, visualisation, and storage using an IIoT Platform (i.e., Message Bus system).

Due to the nature of NMIS operation, machinery and equipment selected for digital connectivity within this tender, have different digital capabilities and can be divided into two groups, as follows:

  1. Machinery and equipment without communication means, such as various band saws, cranes, welders, legacy equipment etc. These

machines might have legacy controllers or may only have a power supply cable (25 machines)

  1. Machinery and equipment with communication means. These are controlled by a PLC or CNC, have HMI and can potentially communicate with external devices via various communication protocols, including but not limited to Modbus TCP/IP, Profibus, Ethernet, MTConnect, OPC UA etc. (48 machines)

For most of the machines, additional external data acquisition systems such as various gateways, IPCs, edge devices etc. will be required in order to achieve live data acquisition.

For machinery and equipment without any communication means, it is expected to use external systems (e.g., current clamps) to collect data on energy consumption a well as machines` on/off/idle status.

In order to sustain data collection and synchronisation from multiple machines and equipment as well as to provide access to this data for different (3rd party) applications, an open Message Bus system (unified namespace provider) needs to be in the centre of the digital transformation.

Thus, this tender covers real-time data acquisition from machines and equipment (directly, via gateways and/or external sensors), data integration and synchronisation using a Message Bus system as well as data visualisation on live dashboards.

CPV: Data services · Data transmission services · Data-acquisition system · Energy meters

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This Procurement will be conducted through the use of the Competitive Procedure with…AwardedRenewal

This Procurement will be conducted through the use of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation in line with Regulation 30 of The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

The process applied will be as followed:

-Bidder's must pass the minimum standards (pass/fail) sections of the ESPD (Scotland). These can be found within the qualification envelope of PCS-T. Statements detailing the specific requirements can be found within Section III.1.2 and III.1.3. Bidders who do not meet the minimum standards may not have their bids considered further.

  • Bidder's must complete and submit the technical and the commercial envelope envelope.
  • Responses will be scored as per the scoring methodology detailed within the Invitation to Tender Document.
  • The contracting authority may at this point opt to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations.
  • Should negotiations be required bidders will be notified via the PCS-T messaging portal of the process to be adopted.

Minimum requirements which must be met by all tenderers have been identified below. As a consequence of these requirements, where a Tenderer includes any amendments to the Minimum Requirements in their Tender Submissions, the Tender Submission may not be considered and may be refused on the grounds of such amendments or qualifications alone.

  1. A Single supplier must be responsible for delivery of all specification requirements as detailed within the invitation to tender.
  2. Suppliers response must include full realisation of Component 1 for all equipment
  3. Suppliers response must include full realisation of Component 3 for all equipment
  4. Hardware/ sensor solutions installed externally on equipment to monitor power consumption, current statues etc must be non-invasive and must not impact machine warranty or performance
  5. Measuring devices or their gateways must support standard open communication protocols.
  6. All data acquired from equipment must be fully unlocked
  7. NMIS must be the owner of all data acquired from equipment.
  8. Suppliers will be required to confirm acceptance of University Terms and Conditions in their Submitted form of tender, All clauses (excluding those noted below) will form part of the minimum requirements.

UOS Standard Terms - Clause 16: Liability and Indemnity

UOS Standard terms - Clause 17: Insurance

ICT Provisions Clause 17.3 financial caps and liabilities

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: The Contracting Authority reserves the right to request additional deliveries by the Successful Tenderer, either intended as partial replacement of suppliers or installations or as extensions of existing supplies and installations. The Contracting Authority may at it's sole discretion exercise this option. · 2 x 12 monthsSecond stage: 3–null candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60
  • Cost: 40
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    List and brief description of selection criteria:

    Bidders will be required to have an average yearly turnover of a minimum of 800,000GBP for the last 3 years

    Statement for 4B 5.1-5.3

    It is the requirement of this contract that bidders hold or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below.

    The Contractor shall maintain in force with reputable insurers employer’s liability insurance and public liability insurance in the sum of not less than 10,000,000GBP in respect of any one incident and unlimited as to numbers of claims, and adequate insurances covering all the Contractor’s other liabilities in terms of the Contract.

    The Contractor shall maintain in force with reputable insurers professional liability insurance in the sum of not less than 2,000,000GBP in respect of any one incident and unlimited as to numbers of claims.

  • Technical & professional ability

    4C.1.2 Bidders will be required to provide 3 relevant examples of projects of a similar size, scale and complexity as that outlined within the tender documentation

Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Nov 2021, 10:54 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT
Authority reference
UOS-21328-2021
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006760
Classification (CPV)
Data servicesData transmission servicesData-acquisition systemEnergy meters
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM82)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f548 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015(SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: Tenders are advised that section IV.2.2 of the contract notice details the closing date for requests to participate, this date is the date for receipt of requests to participate and initial Tender Submissions. The date provided within this notice in relation to the dispatch of invitations to tender is reference to the commencement of the negotiation process if required. (SC Ref:686636)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html ↗

Submission deadline
10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Dec 2021 → 11 Mar 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    7 Jan 2022
  3. Notice published
    11 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Mar 2022, 17:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £443,2541 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 107 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Booth Welsh Automation LtdSME£443,254 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Strathclyde

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 40 George Street, Procurement Department, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1QEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.